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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Private citizens are no better: we dismiss politicians who would deign to invoke spiritual belief in the public arena (or in a Undergraduate Council election), yet, if survey data is accurate, we too are not above putting in a request to a higher power...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: Playing the God Card | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...Docket Committee, made up of three Faculty members, may either dismiss Berkowitz's petition or convene an ad hoc grievance panel to consider his complaint...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Berkowitz Prepares to File Formal Grievance Over Tenure Denial | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...might be tempted to dismiss this project as a glib summary of a century in boxed-set form--yet another cynical ploy by the record companies. But the 100 neat and tidy two-CD packets of the Great Pianists are a noble exception: truly great indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Piano Bravissimo | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...never been in a Palestinian village when the Israeli army comes to destory the house of suspected terrorist, we understand that these incidents are difficult, even intolerable, for Plestinians. These are the concerns that they bring to the bargaining table, and we do not attempt to dismiss them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace Requires Compromise | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

Some might dismiss these complaints by contending it is in men's nature to search out sex. "Men will be men," they say. I say if society stops condoning men's actions they will learn to limit their affection to their girlfriends and wives and leave the rest of feminine society alone. Society needs to realize that, while Playboy and catcalls may seem like small annoyances, men's ill-treatment of women has serious consequences. There has never been a female president of our country, and there probably will not be for a long time. This is not because people...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Will Men Ever Stop? | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

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